A bath refreshes the body, tea refreshes the mind.
A beautiful woman is like an axe in one's life.
A bee stinging a crying face.
A boat that is not tied up will drift along with the stream.
A borrowed cat catches no mice.
A boy living near a Buddhist temple can learn an untaught sutra by heart.
A candle flares up just before extinguishing.
A cane before falling.
A carp on a cutting board.
A centipede, though dead, will not fall.
A clever hawk hides its claws.
A country can be conquered from the back of a horse but may not be ruled in the same manner.
A crow imitating a cormorant drowns in the water.
A dead cherry tree will not blossom.
A defeated army's general should not talk about tactics.
All married women are not wives.
An accomplishment sticks to a person.
An excess of courtesy is discourtesy.
Bad and good are intertwined like rope.
Beat your wife on the wedding day, and your married life will be happy.
Beaten with his own rod.
Better go without medicine than call in an unskilled physician.
Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse.
Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.
Deceiving a deceiver is no knavery.
Don't stay long when the husband is not at home.
Even a sheet of paper has two sides.
Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
Fast ripe, fast rotten.
